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[sunnyspot]

Do any of you keep having memories of someone who's never been in your life?

I keep seeing visions of someone that I can tell is really important to my memory/past/alternate universe self, but I don't know anything about them. I've never had anyone like that. But even though I've never met them, every weird memory I've gotten seems to be about this person, so I think they must be really important.

Am I supposed to feel like something's missing? I figured this is a pretty common thing, so...

Thanks. Sorry if this doesn't make sense.

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[matchbreaker]

Yes, my real son.

[ Adopted, and no longer on this network, or she would be more reluctant to say it in any degree of public like this, to help someone even. She sort of regrets Silver might but... ]

He and another boy dear to my heart all had different tracks to all of our memories.

[sunnyspot]

I see... Sorry to hear that. But your actual life is what matters, as interesting as the memories can be.

[matchbreaker]

That's how I still feel, yes.

But that fact is, I still do feel that missing-ness you've mentioned, and I wanted to assure you it's not strange.

[sunnyspot]

Hearing your backstory made everything make a little more sense. So thanks.

[matchbreaker]

Good, I'm glad to help.

If you want to learn more about that person, talk more about them. Sometimes that can trigger new memories.

[sunnyspot]

I didn't think of that! Does that really work?

I hardly know anything about them, but... it's worth a try.

[matchbreaker]

Not always, but it's worked for me now and again. The memories seem to come when you have similar experiences, when you say similar things, or sometimes when you focus hard enough on something.

[sunnyspot]

Interesting... I'll keep that in mind.

Thanks for all your help.

[matchbreaker]

You're welcome. Good luck with everything.